My point, exactly. I think a great many people are confusing Wahabbi (I hope I spelled that right) Islam with other versions of it. It's like saying that devout Catholics worship God the same way as a devout Baptist, for example. The different denominations worship in different ways (often accusing each other of being less than moral, as well)...what says that Islam isn't the same? Everything I know about it says that it IS pretty much the same thing.
In fact, since Bush went so far as to mention his faith, it's only right that he would at least give some acknowledgment of the faiths of a great many other Americans. Otherwise, it would have been better to say nothing about religion at all. I can't see that happening, since he is a devout Christian, so I think he handled it quite well.
The Constitution says freedom of religion, and that the government may not establish a state religion. I think a great many folks want to do just that, in the name of keeping out peoples of another faith they think is evil. Well, they can certainly think that it is, but that doesn't mean everyone else thinks so, or even that they are right in their beliefs. Frankly, persecuting folks for their religion is just wrong, wrong, wrong! You punish the individuals responsible for what they have PERSONALLY done (ie the suicide bombers of 9-11, and the Taliban that helped OBL and his followers, ect.) not for being a member of the same faith as these turds.
Hear, hear! Why is that so difficult for so many people to understand?
I'm going to re-read the speech, because I must have missed the mentions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, American Indian beliefs, etc. BTW, I'm sure that you look cute in your asbestos suit.